magniloquence

Noun
Synonyms: grandiosityornatenessgrandiloquencerhetoric

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation“the grandiosity of his prose”“an excessive ornateness of language”Synonyms: grandiosityornatenessgrandiloquencerhetoric
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Magniloquence \Mag*nil"o*quence\, n. [L. magniloquentia.] The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence. [1913 Webster]
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